Principal Client Engineer, Social Point

• B.Sc. in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent education / work experience
• 6+ Years game industry / mobile app experience as a software developer
• Shipped titles and/or live games experience
• Expert knowledge in C#, C/C++, or a similar programming language
• 3+ Years Unity experience
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms and software methodologies
• Excellent communication skills and comfort working in a collaborative environment
• Experience with live operations on backend server infrastructure

Desirable

• Zynga is looking for a client-side engineer in the Barcelona area, and more specifically, someone whose level of experience should be equivalent to a Principal Software Engineer
• We have a well-rounded and tight-knit, distributed team with a healthy mix of engineering skill levels, and are looking to strengthen our team
• We need a self-driven and motivated engineer who is a strong communicator, works well as a team player, and performs well under pressure of tight deadlines
• The candidate would have an opportunity to work on user-facing features (including UI / UX), core gameplay functionality, various systems, and generally solve challenging problems for high profile mobile games
• Our mission is to “Connect the World through Games” by building a truly social experience that makes the world a better place
• To be successful in this role you will have a passion for games, a high level of integrity, great technical depth and skills, and a strong desire to build successful software
• Feature Client-side Engineer
• Technical Lead and individual contributor
• Define, architect, & develop features and gameplay functionality in Unity and C#
• Develop & integrate new technologies and tools (working with content teams)
• Dive into the internals of core systems to extend them as-needed
• Iterate on new or existing functionality and UI / UX
• Proactively optimize code & memory for high performance simulations with tight constraints
• Scope out large tasks and system with minimal direction, and help with delegation of that work
• Work closely with other engineers to lead multi-week or month-long efforts
• Give team and/or divisional tech talks on architectures that you’ve built
• Work to identify and help to improve team and process inefficiencies
• Help to mentor other engineers